Lockjaw (album) explained

Lockjaw
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dance Hall Crashers
Cover:	DHC Lockjaw.jpg
Released:	August 29, 1995^[1]
Recorded:	1995 Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
Genre:	Ska punk, pop punk
Length:	40:52
Label:	(510)^[2]
Producer:	Dance Hall Crashers, Stoker, Rob Cavallo
Prev Title:	Dance Hall Crashers
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Honey, I'm Homely!
Next Year:	1997

Lockjaw is the second studio album by American rock band Dance Hall Crashers.^{[3] [4]} Produced by the band themselves, Stoker and Rob Cavallo, the album was released on August 29, 1995, in the United States by (510) Records, an imprint of MCA Records.

Critical reception

Pemberton Roach of AllMusic called Lockjaw a "wonderful reminder of the original spirit of ska-punk," elaborating that "Rather than celebrate the meathead/frat boy misogyny and overly simplistic anarchistic politics that have plagued a lot of "third-wave" ska and punk-pop, Dance Hall Crashers choose to throw a big ol' party." Trouser Press considered the album "a marvelous surge of mature and catchy power pop accented with punk juice and set — almost incidentally — to a breathless bluebeat."^[5]

Personnel

Information adapted from liner notes.^[6]

Dance Hall Crashers

• Elyse Rogers – vocals, management, production
• Karina Deniké – vocals, production
• Jason Hammon – guitar, gang vocals, production
• Scott Goodell – guitar, gang vocals, production
• Mikey Weiss – bass guitar, gang vocals, production
• Gavin Hammon – drums, percussion, gang vocals, production

Additional musicians

• Davey Havok – gang vocals

Production

• Stoker – production
• Rob Cavallo – production on "Enough"
• Jeff Saltzman – A&R
• Frank Rinella – recording engineer
• Jerry Finn – mixing engineer
• Neill King – recording engineer on "Enough"
• Brian Gardner – mastering engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer on "Enough"

Artwork

• "SCANO" – art direction, illustration
• Dave Merkley – DHC logo

See also

• 1995 in music
• Ska punk

Notes and References

1. New, Aggressive Ska Returns to Modern Rock. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. November 18, 1995. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Crash Worship. SF Weekly. Staff. September 27, 1995. SF Weekly.
3. Web site: Crashers' Course : Dance Hall's Path Furthers Young America's Education in a Hybrid of Ska-Pop-Punk. January 13, 1996. Los Angeles Times.
4. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. June 22, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.
5. Web site: Dance Hall Crashers.
6. Lockjaw . 1995 . . liner notes . (510) Records . . FTD-11326.
7. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Dance Hall Crashers|chart=all}} ''Lockjaw'' Chart History]. January 30, 2014. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.